I learned to canoe at summer camp and thought I'd pursue Olympic whitewater canoeing. In my senior year of high school, I instead decided to attend M.I.T. I like to say I've had only two jobs in my life: whitewater… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
When we built Roomba, we explicitly designed it to not have a face. We didn't want to think it was cute; we wanted people… — Colin Angle Copy Share
I think, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical. — Colin Angle Copy Share
The utility of the robot needs to come first. It's business model over technology. — Colin Angle Copy Share
I thought boxes were the best toy. When my parents got a new car, I ran to my mother and said, 'Did it come… — Colin Angle Copy Share
The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something that is… — Colin Angle Copy Share
My Roomba's name is Roswell. There is the moment when you are sitting on the couch and Roomba turns itself on and goes out… — Colin Angle Copy Share
The way that the robotics market is going to grow, at least in the home, is that we'll have a number of different special… — Colin Angle Copy Share
Around the late 1990s, I'd become convinced that one of the killer applications of robotics came from connecting robots to the Internet. The idea… — Colin Angle Copy Share
I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me. — Colin Angle Copy Share
The ideal vacuum cleaner would be one you never see. It needs to not just be a cool gadget, but a product that cleans… — Colin Angle Copy Share
If you ask the typical two- or three-year-old or a teenager what a robot is, they will think about a humanoid that does my… — Colin Angle Copy Share
I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was ready to… — Colin Angle Copy Share
What did everyone think robot vacuuming was going to be? Well, they think Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons,' a human robot that pushed… — Colin Angle Copy Share
When my daughter was 3, she was eating Cheerios and spilled some on the table. So she swiped them onto the floor. I said,… — Colin Angle Copy Share
